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Movies in MENA

Red Carpets by the Red Sea

Egypt’s hottest film festival, El Gouna, looks East rather than West, showcasing local talent and revealing the region as an emerging force in cinema.

Four women performing a singing act in the 1940s in The Hills of California
On Broadway

The Hills of California

Jez Butterworth’s new play is a delicate examination of sisterhood, secrets, and the stories families tell themselves.

Alex Hassell as Rupert Campbell-Black in Jilly Cooper's Rivals
Guilty Pleasure

Sex and shenanigans among upper-class Brits

Why everyone is going wild for Rivals, the latest TV adaptation of a Jilly Cooper “bonkbuster”.

Movers & Shakers

A Tale of Two Icons

Life lessons from Dame Maggie Smith and Lewis Lapham—each a scion of their generation.

Detail of Art Nouveau facade in Riga, Latvia
Travel

Riga: Art Nouveau metropolis

The Latvian capital has the highest concentration of the ornamental architecture style anywhere in the world.

Movers & Shakers

We See You: James Green

This museum curator—and rock art enthusiast—is bringing a fresh eye to African art installations at Yale

Art & Culture

Frieze NY Gets its Groove Back

Highlights from this year’s lineup—from urban dance to abstract pieces, provocative pop art to clay sculpture.

Movie land

From Stepford Wives To Mystic Pizza

A new, lush book by actor/writer Illeana Douglas takes us on a film journey through Connecticut.

Socialite C.Z. Guest and her son Alexander Guest in front of their Grecian temple pool at Villa Artemis in Palm Beach. Original Publication: A Wonderful Time - Slim Aarons (Photo by Slim Aarons/Getty Images)
Society

Poolside revisited

The story behind the photo (taken at the Palm Beach estate rumored to be a future home for Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez) that enshrined Villa Artemis (and C.Z. Guest) as the reigning symbol of post-war American Aristocracy.

Art & Culture

When Glamour Was the Point

Vintage advertising posters from the Art Deco era promote very different lifestyle goals from those of today.

Carrie Coon as Bertha Russell in HBO‘s The Gilded Age
New York City

Hey, Big Spenders!

Unlike the old/new money protagonists in HBO's The Gilded Age, NYC’s contemporary elite share their wealth more freely—to the city’s benefit.

Memorabilia

The Unbearable Lightness of Elizabeth Taylor’s Coffee Table

I own a piece of history. I just didn’t want it to hurt my baby.

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